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Zend_Service_WindowsAzure

Introduction

Windows Azure is the name for Microsoft's Software + Services platform, an operating
system in the cloud providing services for hosting, management, scalable storage with
support for simple blobs, tables, and queues, as well as a management infrastructure for
provisioning and geo-distribution of cloud-based services, and a development platform for
the Azure Services layer.

Installing the Windows Azure SDK

There are two development scenario's when working with Windows Azure.

You can develop your application using
Zend_Service_WindowsAzure and the Windows Azure
SDK, which provides a local developent environment of the
services provided by Windows Azure's cloud infrastructure.

You can develop your application using
Zend_Service_WindowsAzure, working directly with the
Windows Azure cloud infrastructure.

The first case requires you to install the » Windows
Azure SDK on your development machine. It is currently only available for
Windows environments; progress is being made on a Java-based version of the
SDK which can run on any platform.

API Documentation

The Zend_Service_WindowsAzure class provides the
PHP wrapper to
the Windows Azure REST interface. Please consult the » REST
documentation for detailed description of the service. You will need to be
familiar with basic concepts in order to use this service.